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I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are, how bad it deals with batches of files (can take hours to upload a f

by hrktb 7y ago

I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are, how bad it deals with batches of files (can take hours to upload a few thousand photos) and how little visibility there is over what is actually syncing and what is stuck. I use primarily OSX/iOS, is the Drive experience any better ? I was seriously thinking about moving from Dropbox to Drive, but these issues are giving me pause.

afniljl 7y ago
Google Photos still seems super geared towards a consumer / pure phone photo backup experience and purpose. I wish they would expand it further to accommodate heavier use / amateur needs, better mass upload and mass management, folder management etc. It's definitely not a file folder sync design like Drive or Dropbox. If you just want to upload pure files without all the photo AI etc, then Drive folders should work fine for your needs. It'll largely be a backup / cloud storage destination.
forgot-my-pw 7y ago
> I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are Are you sure that's not your connection? I just uploaded 2000-3000 photos last week via web. Only took about 15m. I'm on 100/100MBit.